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Christian Comics Help Identify Half-Ass Believers

The bit’s pacing was spot on. The joke’s set up moved along perfectly, building and building to the crescendo that would lead to a flawless punch line. “First Corinthians? I’m pretty sure you mean Second Corinthians!” said the comic with pitch perfect delivery. The entire gathered crowd nearly spilled from their seats with laughter – well, nearly the entire crowd. Off to the sides, under the shadows of the stage, two men in suits, both with the latest in covert surveillance and communications equipment, spotted and noted the seat numbers of a few people in the crowd with confused grins or completely dumfounded looks on their faces.

So it goes for the Scripturally Fluent Comedy Tour that will be hitting LaCucaracha next week. The tour features Christian comedians doing mostly insider jokes for the scripturally literate. “Sure,” said headliner, Joseph Purgason, “there are jokes about liberals and Muslims and even the occasional Torah joke, but mostly, we hit on the finer points of the Bible. Hopefully, the jokes are funny to everyone, but if you’re really up on your scripture, they should be legitimate knee slappers.”

As the tour makes its way through the Bible Belt to sold out church crowds, some have questioned the definition of a “Christian comedian.” Local resident, Bobby Welch, had this to say, “I’m sure lots of comedians are Christian so why call yourself a Christian comedian? Does Jerry Seinfeld ever get introduced as a Jewish comedian? I don’t think so. What, do they tell Jesus jokes? I don’t get it.”